Wire working tool



April 2, 1940. M. FOSHEE WIRE WORKING TOOL F iled Sept 25, 1937 eleasabl -,2, 1940 a STATES 'PT'ENT QFFECE 2,195,773

WIRE WORKING TOOL I Mason l oshee; KissimmeeQFl'a. Application September 23,- 1937, Serial No. 165.410 501m (or 146-417) This invention relates to improvements in wire be bent as indicated at 26, Fig. 2. While rnaim working tools and more particularly to a tool for tainingthe axis of the'arm l E, the tool may therecarrying out one or all of the operations of bendupon'be turned 180 whereupon the wire 25. is bent ing, ceiling and sealing wire fastenings for ship-' back on itself to form an opemended loop or w 5 ping containers generally. bight the turn or bendbeing efiected with a small 5 In explanation of the tool of the present invenradius, so that the legs of the resulting-wire fortion and the use for which intendeishipping -mation.exten'd generally paralleljand are slightly containers of the Wire-bound type generally p fi The p 17119 W t fades 5 utilize binding wires which are secured-to and exand H at the arm end permits the tool to be 10 tend about the container, the ends of the wires used either leitor right handed. 1 0 being connected or fastened together following g Referring to Fig. 2, the tubular arm portion l3v the packing operation "prior to shipment. The of the tool body is interiorlythreaded to e v present invention provides in a unitary tool the threaded end of a tubular shanktz. The

means for bending one or both of the ends of the secured end of the I shank terminates short of binding wires into loop or bight formation. Furthe base ofth'e recess or cavity formed in the porl5 ther, the tool provides means for coiling an end tion it and loosely restrained between the cavity .of the binding wire whereby to term a female 1 base and the secured end of the shank is the head element of the fastening, either prior to asso- 23 of a mandrel Z'l.-

loose mounting of the ciation with the related. male loop or after such mandrel permitsthe same to be freely rotated and association, in which latter event the wire is'coiled provides for a minor degree of lateral or rocking go directly about the male loop. Finally, the tool movement for the-purpose to be described. of the present invention provides means for hook- -v The lower edge of the shank is inclined as at ing and thereby sealing one element, such the 26, and the long side of the shank is provided -male loop, of a fastening over the. related female with an offset notch ill, a wall of which ex- 25 element which may be in either loop or coil form. tended to form a wire retaining hook 253. The Other objects will be in part obvious and in part depth of the notch 2'! is such that a wire seather'einafter pointed out in connection with the ing' on its bottom portion engages andbears following analysis of this invention wherein is against the lower edge of the short side of the illustrated an embodiment of the invention in shank, so that the depth of the notch El is slightly detail. a g I greater than the diameter of the wire to be coiled. '30

In the drawing l In operation of the tool as a coiler, the tool is 5 Fig. 1 is a section through the tool of the prespositioned as illustrated in Fig. 3 with the wire ent invention; I v to be coiled seating in the offset notch 27 and Fig, 2 is a view illustrating the use of the-tool bearing against the opposite edge of the short as a wire bender or looper; end of the tubular shank. The book 28 functions 35 Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the use of the tool to retain the Wire properly seated in notch 21. as a coiler; i i Rotation of the tool about the axis of the shank Fig. 4 is a part view of the tool illustrating its 22 causes the wire to be coiled progressively on the use as a hooker or sealer. mandrel 2d, the turns or convolutions of the coil 40 Referring now to the drawing wherein like being formed by the length of wire initially 40 reference characters designate like parts extending between the the point of contact where throughout the several views, the tool is constithe hook 28 first engaged the wire and the tertuted by, a three-armed body portion generally minal end thereof. Thus two full rotations of designated it, of which the wire bending arm H, the tool will result in the formation of a coil of the hooking arm 12, and the tubular arm portion two convolutions. Inasmuch as the inner diam- 45 It may be cast integrally in the'form of a T. eter of the coil so formed must be such as to Referringto the bending arm H, the'end face permi a m l 1001 t extend h hr ue'h to thereof is provided with a transverse notch 55 of efiect the fastening operation contemplated, the depth and widthas to receive a Wire to b b nt, diameter of the mandrel 2 which controls the with some degree of clearance. Preferably flat inner d amete f the coil Will be Somewhat 50 faces it, I'l are formed at the end of the arm, greater than the Width of the male loop to be these faces extending generally parallel to each projected through the coil.

other and to the sides or walls of the notch ii. A further operation permitted by the coiling In the operation of the tool as a bender; the tool arm of the tool is that of coiling a wire directly on is placed so that its notch 15 receives the wire to a male loop, such as indicated at 32. To eifect 55 this operation, the loop 32 is projected into the tubular shank 22, the inner diameter of the shank being such as to permit this insertion with suitable clearance. The lateral movement permitted the mandrel also aids in the insertion and compensates for any irregularities in the width of the loop. With the loop so inserted in the mandrel as indicated at 32, Fig. 3, and with the wire to be coiled thereabout properly seated in the offset notch 21, turning movement of the tool about the axis of shank 22 operates to coil the wire 30 directly on the loop 32.

Referring now to the tool arm l2, the outer end thereof is tapered and narrowed as at 35 to provide a pointed tang end. In operating the tool as a hooker or sealer, the tang end is projected through the end of a male fastener loop which has been threaded through or otherwise cooperated with the female loop or coil. Thereupon the pointed end of the tang is anchored against the adjacent surface of the front section of the container, and the arm 12 operated as a lever to cause the nose or projecting end of the male loop to be hooked over the related female fastener element. By exerting the proper degree of hooking or bending pressure on the arm, the bent-over end of the male loop may be brought into close proximity with the front face of the container.

The tool as described above may be constructed at a low cost and by actual experience has been found to perform in efficient manner the operations for which intended.

As many changes could be made in carrying out the above construction without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. A wire-working tool including a cross portion and a tubular shank portion, a mandrel carried by the shank portion and extending beyond the end thereof, the end face of the shank portion being inclined and having an offset notch formed in the long side of the shank portion, the bottom of the notch being in substantial alignment with the opposite, short side of the shank portion, the notch being adapted to receive the wire for coiling on the mandrel.

2. A wire-working tool including a cross portion and a tubular shank portion, a mandrel loosely carried by the shank and extending beyond the end thereof, the end face of the shank portion being inclined and having an offset notch formed in the long side of the shank portion, the bottom of the notch being in substantial alignment with the opposite, short side of the shank portion, a defining side of the notch being extended to form a wire retaining hook, the notch being adapted to receive a wire for coiling on the mandrel.

3. A wire working tool including a tubular shank portion, a mandrel carried by the shank portion and extending beyond the working end thereof, the mandrel being of lesser diameter than the interior diameter of the shank portion, and means extending from the working end of the shank portionadapted to engage against the free end portion of a wire disposed transversely of the mandrel and bearing thereagainst, said means being operative upon rotation of the tool about its axis to coil progressively the free end of the wire on the mandrel.

4. A wire working tool including a handle porton, 2. depending tubular shank portion, and a mandrel operatively disposed within the shank portion and extending beyond the working end thereof, the interior diameter of the shank portion being sufiicient to receive a generally parallel-sided loop of wire, and the working end of the shank portion being provided with means adapted to engage a length of wire disposed transversely of the mandrel and bearing thereagainst, said means being operative upon rotation of the tool about its axis to coil progressively the length of wire on the mandrel and about a loop received within the tubular shank portion.

5. A wire working tool including a handle portion, a depending tubular shank portion, and a mandrel loosely carried by the shank portion and extending beyond the working end thereof, the interior diameter of the shank portion being sufficient to receive a generally parallel-sided loop of wire, and the diameter of the mandrel being substantially less than the inner diameter of the shank portion, and means extending from the working end of the shank portion adapted to engage against a length of wire disposed transversely of the mandrel and bearing thereagainst, said means being operative upon rotation of the tool about its axis to coil progressively the length of wire on the mandrel and about a loop received in the tubular shank portion.

MASON FOSHEE. 

